Hi All! South Jersey's weather wasn't much better than New England's. In fact, we had 3 inches of rain last night. I think I'm getting moldy!
Lee and I downsized into a smaller home in June and we've spent the summer painting paneling- we're afraid to find out what's behind the panels. We now have a screen porch overlooking the woods above the Cooper River. It's beautiful! I taught a short summer school for reluctant readers. It was only 3 weeks long, so I'm not really sure of its lasting impact, but that was what the district wanted. Basically, we got our reluctant readers through their summer reading book to ensure that they are ready for September. hmm..... I did get a few YA books read. I finally read Twilight- I usually avoid vampire books on principle... and Hunger Games- I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to September, but wish I had another week or two. Oh well... Karen Onyx P.S. It's sunny and cool today- yea! In a message dated 08/30/09 07:00:27 Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Bill, great idea; So nice to hear about everyone's summers! Here in New England we didn't have much of a summer weather-wise. It was unseasonably cool and we had a lot of rain for much of June and July. A few days here and there of hot and sunny weather in August, but I feel sad about the weather since we wait all winter for it! I spent the month of July at the Boston Writing project, part of the National Writing Project. If anyone is thinking of doing it, please let me know, it was a very intense month, but oh, so wonderful, and it's free! You get so many wonderful ideas to help you teach writing in the classroom, and you even get paid to do it! I also went to North Carolina to work on a book that is being published next year by a group of teachers from the Teacher Leaders Network. It was lots of hard work, but again, so wonderful. My real vacation was last week spent in Falmouth, part of Cape Cod. So nice to sit by the ocean reading an adult book, just for fun. Hope everyone enjoyed their summers; and your weather was better than ours! Laurie Wasserman Gr. 6 LD/NBCT/TLN Medford, Massachusetts [email protected] _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
